Tricks for Beginners.
Impression by Yousif Salhab
£6.99 from ://www.magictricks.co.uk
http://www.magictricks.co.uk/prodshow.asp?code=28
The Effect.
You shuffle a deck of cards and hand it to a spectator who is then asked to deal them out onto the table and to stop at any point they wish.
When the spectator stops you take the remaining cards and after confirming that they had full control over where they stopped, you ask them to sign the top card (without turning it over). You then shuffle their card back into the deck.
You then tell them that earlier in the day you had a premonition about the card they were going to select, but unfortunately you didn’t have any paper to write it on. You ask them to find the card they selected.
When they find the card, you ask them to turn it over and they will see that written on the face of the card is "I knew you would pick the [insert name of card]".
The deck is fully examinable – this is the only card that had anything written on it. The card can be kept as a souvenir.
Variations.
if you didn’t want to write on the card in question it would also work with a prediction in an envelope – they would just turn the top card over. Personally I feel this is not an as dramatic a finish, but you do manage to retain a full deck.
or, another suggestion by Yousif is to have them select the only real card in a deck of blank cards. That would be pretty strong.
(A deck of blank cards can be purchased at www.cards4magic.co.uk or I believe at alakazam)
Difficulty. 2/5
1=Even I can do it, 2=No sleights, but not so easy, 3=Some sleights used,
4=Advanced sleights used, 5=Suitable for experienced magicians only)
Very easy. There is one sleight, but they don’t come any easier than this.
Review.
My first impressions weren’t that great.
All you receive is a two page photocopied instruction sheet that is stapled together. In saying that the instructions are quite clear and concise and do include photographic examples.
My second disappointment
was that the main crux of this effect is a "Force", and it is one I knew about already – so my initial thoughts were that I had just paid for something I already knew.
Now with that all said and done I must admit that it has grown on me quite a bit since I first got it. Firstly this is a truley great force (and credit was given). If you didn’t know it to start with then it is well worth the £6.99 just for that alone, and even if you did know it already, then you also get a couple of really strong routines.
Rating. Effect/item: 8/10, Quality of goods: 6/10, Value for money: 8/10 (its only £6.99)
Bottom Line.
The bottom line is that I will definitely be performing these routines so really no matter how disappointed I was originally I really have no right to complain do I? So for this reason alone I would recommend it
Edited website url - thanks Mog
